Cruz channels Churchill on Hill fight

Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday likened his upcoming fight in the Senate over defunding Obamacare to that of wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill saying “we will fight on the beaches, we will fight on the streets.”

“And I can guarantee you one thing. [Sen.] Mike [Lee (R-Utah)] and I are going to fight with every breath in our body. As Churchill said, we will fight on the beaches, we will fight on the streets. We will fight at every step to stop the biggest job killer in America,” Cruz (R-Texas) said on Fox News’s “Hannity.”

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This comes after Cruz faced some heat Wednesday on the Hill and on Twitter from his Republican colleagues on the House side who lambasted the Texas Senator, one of the fiercest opponents of Obamacare himself, for not supporting the House’s efforts on the bill that would defund Obamacare.

Cruz made it clear on “Hannity” however, that he and his colleagues would pick up the fight in the Senate.

“They did their job. They stood up. And this is a bold decision, and I look forward to working with Mike to fight in the Senate to support this decision for us to succeed in defunding ObamaCare,” Cruz said.